Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 247, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 30, 1958 Page: 1 of 6
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BRECKEBRIDGE, TEXAS-TUESDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1958
SKA Sewsphoto Service
t'KK K QAILV j CRNTS SUNDAY 10 CENTS
S£ PANHANDLE ROADS BEING
5 Bucks Named
sutM noi.^ittee rs |
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• t 1 • Jim i m« nt that ?h
a ted b/ these
S tr*** * 1 Ik down j street
ce of Ljs Villas, ufter the
government forces.
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11 :n?t*
uwier
tf< tns
' presl-
it how u ohis nominations with
inirv rf .iticiii on the educational ami
l «ic*u.ii ijuaiihcattotit ol pio |Ht
ti - emurm> *ionct s
\i'ifuu* the- documents the *utv-
•'MiiM.itu«' had lietoic it as it |>iati
• 1 it* rr-« rl .1 critical *tuU>
• <! •• hi 1 b\ thi* mjIh onimit tee
.«[! I hi v,4nj m4. FCC had
«•*! n t« «i vit;oro«sl\ as Cons*
Revolt In Cuba Reaches
Stage Of Major Warfare
B/ ASSOC IATF D PRESS-
The- Cut
«iu akrtivd I
I'losioii 4s« III
of Guanahat
"T he blast
Huliof;iL'r of
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as 1 Ih- Ji ant
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drvilo|H'il u*
govern suth
of |R*t uses
must shaif*
ft i iH«t la> im;
Iiim s tor the*
mm i«h to lollou m dt triimn-
■.•hat ihr public interest was
>• sij i it |H dcniidbtr
: i "(i''rr>* sImmiNI art to |>io
f \ ot W.ihlr stamianl.s to j^oifrii
'virisf ol comiiii^s 1011 dlscic
ft r« « otnmrtidf d >|H*cifican% that
• ha' tt termrd hoi trading in
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thin
ant
iKTOsn should t>c
. 1 «f|uircrncnt that a
f. « might not \w
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n ttin«it a showing f f
nf< rc i made
ioi mal
Boy With Sleigh
Needs Girl, Morse
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11 ||\ s r ih - 1 ai old Tom
. sit _rh
haf Mjtm th ft t im
S oktow tlie Mu htcan
lt\ stliiiftit 4<lvpMiM?d
- im spa| er The ad
S'ao'.«l (in! with tun >c l >
\« it ti -i. i^h
Sean Or Heard
by C. M. HL
r ne sno* at the present
+** 't'ncj looks like a ;jran<j finale of
o♦ rrrord rr o«Sturf. CO^«ng
^►•#0 \o b^dty need^ . # By the
*«** ou have shopping to do,
h" t ' do it tf morro* *\ places of
wr 111 he closed Thursday
tr* Br ec k* nr id«je Americ in woll al
v^hserve tht holiday . , Dr Ed
n CV o<laM %a*d he still •% treating
i *-.P!e ^t o ate too much on Christ
m t% <14y FConstable
Frit/ Rp'Klfi died in San Antonio
t^ % nomunj,
ihr Kim'" v |1I«- .|K>its artier wa-
• • oim ontplim«-nlar) to the ph\
i« 1 s htIs of llrei kinrwlyr, al
:rr" said flie team played
1# I nd t le ti to add flu y had to
J 1* ih v 1 'mill walk th< strii ts
t*c. th hoc Ni fire run
i m wh'tli tin* firemen are very i
I .np> t o lti.it K." mhI was In
• «i oil fi* 1*I at i nlcnf, hut details not
k<efr«* n
t- n br
['■ rchotiso
Broken Tanker
Calls For Help
Off Maryland
<By ASSOCIATED PRESS
A lit" tatikri has run aCioimtl a
JwMif In milfs tilt the ((jia.t of
Mar: land, and has broken in hall
The vi set is i|M \fnean i^ut t*n.
a Ithrrlan shi| u,|h a cicw of 17
Vtw ut j..t ot tin men ha\r Iich 11
1'°' ' d h . .1 t i .< >,1 ( Mt#, j (j |,J,
huddled o tin- >'i m sc(f|on (t| ||,.
1 w rct k Hoth . t tion ( f the ship
11 «* 1 i 'mu t, ,i omul ami .«p| a.
not n n .:im ili.«tt tian 1 til
tnkin Rrsi :u m |,ral|.
mji out tt# Iu■ I•
I'm Miit.ti, t/ot« 11. l)oiin(i foiii
< «*J1 * I * i ' . • Ill I'.KlIslHtlO J# I
UlUi a ; 1 o OI 4 1 II*J4 till
1.«timed it* t l * Na« n she \ ..s
mm akin , in half lit:; > m no
dan^ei
\twKi* H .1 tn I S I -1,! sffit an
■ • < .1 f it*. .•> fi' •'! it ( .ijm
N* • -i '. station
' .• •• • unrert; -11 i : ht-i'
{xisitton .'j«(I i«.lt| tl «. Co., ,t (iiiartl
'he thou'ht In was near the en
trance to Ihr Ilelt'/are riser
I h*' ioa-t finaltl plant said a
moderate sr., w.is timnii.^
The foot ship was built in
K « I flermaiiv in 1and is ow m d
h> \frm an Int# 1pi 1st s I mutini
Th ( oa>t C.'tianl has M nt tl (|, ,-t
tif hehtot.Tf.s tu an lift tht titw
ol the tanker
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Well Completed
In Stephens Co.
\ «t*M -A ;i . , I n; . il IM mil,-,
Mm Ih of 1; n. ri Mi |i|i<*llv I'otlnly,
111 ! lit* Jai k-onSli ,1-mi Fir If I
It i« (Jiio lU-mlinf of I'.riikiu
ild:;<- \«> 3 CiWxit Ijck on. S.
Mm m r.i..i k 1 rxr . ,.x
Huh r-otinti.il «d«i 3T) .."1 hjrrrls
"f -OT Ki.'vitv oil I! is pun>i>iiiu
lr«m 21 prr|«rili«rj ,,t ],73M4
frri whrrr th, foriMation is ruj -
th'Tf ;u r I 'limrs th.it 7 scild-
u*i s \*i*ie kiili'l Two smallt i
Iii.is!.> vvnr Ei-tjfiiifHi nt the soutli
i <•: n part nf To the cast.
tin u .uc Illinois that ix'rh.ips one
I tin,us,.nil men have Iwrn killil or
minded in a battle for Santa Clara.
• hi • anital oI I.as \ ;Ilas l*ro\int*c
Street iiuhtin^ and ha nil to hmi'l
i' mti it Here rt|H>ited dining the
mutit in Sanla C lata i.i eentral
t uli.i This i. the first Iiil' open
t atti<- |i\ the Itilirls against the
loires of President K.itMa The
-iivei nmenl has la i n using planes
tank' anil artillerv in the arlion
\ml ::ovnnmrnt souirrs i laim the
rebels are hrinu' pushed out ol
thrtr |iositions however reimrts
"'•nllut Thr litilitin^ is yoinu on
•ill""! H'" miles east nl Havana
MeanuMlr. the mam rebel lor
- lontinued their attempt te.
i ap'un So nt i,-i m l)e Cuba, the rap
it.il of Orienti Province i ntht
•outhea.Ht.
. rl U ulcr Fidel Castro claim-
t ■ haw won control of srveral oth
' ' " ■> iis in the hi lit of I .as \ ill ,
I'rovinii- and much of Hi,, lounli v-
-en a claim which has been tit n-
icd bv the e. nnicnt
II the rt'lieU wm in the pi-ovinci-
'■ • ■ 11 1111• 111 fin cos li rhtin.* i-cIm-I
f.irthcr cast Mould In cut o,'i iioni
H i* ana b\ i.ui'l \ m'Im-I vi< toi \
a o would c ut tin' ci nmeiil ol,
oiti it- m.un source ol incomc
tin -;i ii crop scheduled lor hai
vesip ; - <kiii in eastern Ctilia
In New Orleans Delta \irlin-s
-aid armed Cuban [>- lii e dr."_'t;ed
t"" protesting \mcriran citi/en«
from a plane th.it stopi d m ||;,
vana vc.stenlav on a flight from
.l.ioiaiia The two men were ulrii-
t lied ..s f unis f- liranlley and
James Iteid. v hose hometowns
were not available \n airline ol
t fi.il in Mlanta -avs he was tohl
the men had made uncniTtpIimcnt-
arv remarks almot the Cuban (h>Ii
Heal -dilation while <vait,m: in lie
havan.i airport lobliv Delta said
t"fi stewardesses were knoi ked
lb ci i.em ill"i i h I-;nioi \ la :
I a i -I ■ a - named coach ol the
'till live li'H kariMis Weie piainl
"il t11• • all a' i- i 12 man team select
id lr tin* Nb'leiie fjepoi tei \ -
I In area from which .selec tion-
' ci e made included d slrtcts 3-A \ \
..nil I \ \\ hi h the exception of
Miiici || Veils Vernoil. I.akr \'itv\
nd H ea I berfoi d
Hui karoos inakint; the lii-l team
■ Hi- l.arrv Parker, end. Charles
lluiidlcston tackle. Joe Crousen.
i^uard Joe hd Pesch. back', and
•lorry (.ibson (|uarterbaik
Du kie Kncers. back, was placed
mi die second leant, and winning
I "iiiir.iblc mention were \V. II.
Hoberts. entl: Glriin Dixon, tackle
I hiv Kiniberlin uuard. Itonnie
vlariin, center; and Jimmo Wilson,
hack
Filling oi't the first team selec-
tion were Pat Farley. Sweetwater,
'til II.iv Weaver. Colorado City,
tackle Mi'kev McGrew. Snyder.
-'Hard Kimene Crcci h Swcelwal-
'•r center. D'ck lla; e-. Snyder,
bark Tommy liutlei Hrow iivmhkI
back aid James Parker Swiet-
vvatr back
I',nke. oi Svveetvv;i'er was the
"illy area lep'.itei lioru last yeai
I lie live hack sel"rIi d -1m ed 117
(mints thi- season Parker P.tiling
'I'll 101 Pesell second viilh ||I0
countinu bis two touch'low us ag-
ainst Kill-'-' il'e Parker -cored 112
points, while Gibson reuistercd lit
Fialev of Sweetwater yot the nod
OPENED TO RELIEVE JAMS
Moisture Here
is >38, Highways
Are Hazardous
the mo-t v.
i'e lineman, and
J.utler ol l!i 'r,i riMood w as voted
flic most valuable bai k. muchl
lieeause of the little help he not
irom team m.itc.s compaied lo oth-
ers.
Texos Employment
On Hiqher Level
Al STIN t" The Texas employ
ment will be at a slightly hiuher
level at the start of 1 than at
the start o flhis year, despite cut-
backs in defense contracts.
The commission savs this i- -n
although factories dropped l!l.21)0
workers durur: the year and nor-
mal grow th did not occur in pro-
duction and distribution employ-
ment
The bis factors in a steady fisc
in employment are advances in
primary metals, construction and
trade
llrcckenridiu' bv H o'elock I ' -
day mortuny had receiverl ,'IH oi
i *.'ii inch ol badly n eded inoisi,i:r
and sno.' was ia-t covei'inu Mir
-iound
The bhz/ard that struck the l'.,n
handle ve.-trrci.iv while ;i hard-hip
■in cattle, ".a- brtiiginc moisture to
hard packed dry pastures thai vvili
prove of ureal bcnclil The miii-i
•are rc'Mirted a! that time broujht
the total lor the vcar to 33.72
The thcrmomcler registered 21
early this morninj. and toldei
weather is predicled lor loniyht
Prediction Inr the Panhandle to
day vvas 11 —! 11 snow and coldci
toniiiht. /.ero weather lo move into
portiims.
Pel i v [on had f ' • inches of snow
Dai ri'zett ti inches Border 5 •
Pampa and G;.ue in vve.-tern Ok
lahoma I Guvmon. Oklahoma. 12
ISoise City. 10: Liberal. Kansas. H
Incbes
The department of Public Saf-
cty issued the following informa
♦inn on road conditions in Texas'
snow and ic< retlions:
Panhandle Di.-lriel roads open
but iced Travel hazardous lioad-
open into New .Mexico and Okla-
homa.
\b;lene-San Air^elo ,\lI streets
and highways covered with about
hail inch ol -now Roads open but
i i xtremenl.v hazardous. Snowing at
la a in iii San Angelo.
I North East Texas: raining. No
ic e in snow Midland-Pecos vvcath-
| cr elerir No new rain or snow .
Itoads iced temperature down to
j 13 in district.
I Alpine Liuht -now but no roads
1 closed.
K1 Paso: Weather clear north
to Tin unic-ai i. N. M. Roads iced.
\ erv hazardous.
CEILING TUMBLES DOWN-Abovt is a picture of the living room
of the J P Wright home un West Walker Street, afler the plaster-
ing fell trjni the ceil.ng lant Fr.day afternoon. Much of th furn lure
«as rumc i. and several persons narrowl/ escaped serious injury
or death is th^y had just left the room.
Two South Texas Writer To Jail
ESS ,■" <«
rir?y ,zfsL,,, Source Of News
Russian Missiles Appraisal Sought
amerWsateuite to be
seen during next fen days
tui c d (
an cl'he hole hottonical at
dove n bv police and cathc r passen-
vl'*l ihic.itened
Di lla has a-krd Ihe stale dc
p.ii Inu nt to have tin I s emb.is
v 111 Hav.Ilia invt-tliMtc ||,e mil
dent
Congratulations
\tr and Mrs VV,i\rie Hodges.
U08 We.i Flret siuet. are the par
er.'s of a hahy iiirl Imi ii in Strphen-
Mrmoiial I'oKpital at 7 2T o rn on
Dec-ember 2")
i-t
c?t The babv weiyhid Ii pounds. 12
lea
hum '
at ha th
L~ 'v Cl.ik b'Oke 4" arm wlicn
a fell from a truck Saturday . . .
W C H 'biev killed an e«jht point
Ruck wen miles this side of Eb i-
v lie he hit it mrith his car
Satvaicl.ty and ruined his radiator
Samuel Elders. Arlington, and
M'reil Hale. Midland have be n
placed under S2.590 bond each,
c'tjaged with theft cf ID from Ar-
< ««|io Sotelo . Fr>--dJ nf Joe
Beaty <sked to mve blood at St«-
Memorial to h. credit, hat
hao 14 transfui ons.
Rntm c Jonc-. «on of I'etc Jones,
k lla'd a rlaack near Ibex that tiore
a New ^ oi k state band There
will be all all dav sinking at thr
court house Sundav I.. P Duck-
v orth has laeen Ira inferred to llar-
i is Hospital. Ft. W orth, room 715
The Chambrr of Commerce
Industrial Committee will ana-el
• eilnc.-day And. Juti.nr High
alance at Woman's Club postponed
qntil Friday night.
Thought For The Moment: In
jealousy there it more telf-love
than love.—Lo Rouchefoucauld.
Airlines Strike Unchanged; Union
To Picket N. Y. Police Headquarters
iu ihi" attempt i" settle- lahoa petx in Nen York Cit$ \ teamster
b-piite- on .! major atrbnes |„„ offiei.-.l s.,vs ihe move ,s aimed at
h ""r ',v "'Okers and dramali/ing ihe union's afempl,
Ihe other threatened with a walk to organize the citv s imlicc force
n \irlinci hiv' i'i'"' "! "Present the heginmnu f a drive
,....1,^, ' V "OW" I'ollce Cnmmissiamer Steph-
meflialoi omma-iidaiions lor ,-n Krlined.v who ha- voiced strop-
pi!', offl, ,als 'he opfxisition to the taam ter drive
Air Line I dots Assin iation arc to orsani/e the poliae
s ud.vin^ a clarification they re- Cnion official* sav th„ move is
c|au steel on a f^vcrnment sponsor- expec ted to halt teamster delivei
ed settlement plan In -heu strike ic, „f suppl.e, lo police instaU
against American Airlines. tions • insialla
Meanwhile, a federal mediator Deuuiv Pnli<- r, ,
& ,h'' dispute W alter \rm had this to sav on the
between Rational \u Lines and the pieket plan Any group has the
a! h'Vi Ageaits Association right lo picket peacefullv and if
which threatens to develop into a pickets are sent to oolite headiiuar-
woi kers airline s office teas, the police department will
tkI . „ . . i provide (jolice officers to see thai
The teamster- union has announ- the pickets are not interfered with
1 1 P11*"'1 lines and to preserve order."
Whain"you"tinance "your car'at the '
First National Bank you may place eat at
,y0<,r W'th WINOO'S COFFEE SHOP
lyowf choice. —Ad* 1511 W. Walker —A4v.
Py ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vmericn's newi'-i -it.'line the
11 j -toil Atlas, v ill swin: iniri view
Of mo- ' v. at'-hcr s 111 the L' S. rlur
inu the next few davs. \nd both
the Defense Department and the
Smithsonian Astruphysic.il c.bserv-
alory -av the rocket-satellite's lite
-pan prtb.dil.v will be longer than
the three vvc eks originallv predict-
ed Pi ntauon experts expect the
\tlas to -tav up Ioi about 15 days
from it- December 1 Hth laiinehin.'
Ihe Smithsonian scientists sav
'he satellite should have been v i--
iblr low on the southei n hoi i/on
around (i 118 a. in to observer-
aloriu the entire eastern coast.
It will make a second pass about
7 !*• a m 1-:ST and should be
visible in an area wilhui a triangle
running fumi \ri/ona to Wisconsin
In Ka-Iern Texas \ third passage
aioimcl :a 2t a m 1 KST is expect-
* il t«■ make I ha* babv men visible
■i Nevada,.Oregon ,vni evrthern
( al ioi ill a
Three more Passages W iilnesdav
ii' i ning at ." ()!•. a; 17 and 8 Si
KST a will make lire Alias visible
la other sections of the country'
Ihe obscrvalei v declines to
make a prediction almiit the ex-
petted longer lile-span ol the sal-
14 Admitted To ~~
Local Hospital
Siephens Memorial llospiial re-
port- 11 admissions and H dismiss-
als - - me Saturday noon
\ilmi-sions include Mr- I \
Hiayloc k V\ a> Pigg Deri Hough-
Ion Brown Wallace fiarv Living-
ston. Alfred Harden, Mis W'avnc
IIckIgc*s Mark Motiri Mrs C I)
TimIiI and Mrs K i. Russell, .ill
medical. Mrs John Cope suiL'i'.il
and Mrs Ralph fiean. Lewis t'laik
and C O Blackwood, all accident
patients
Dismissals included Mrs Harold
Thomson and babv, Mr- Bob Ba-
ber and babv. Mrs D I. Wrighi
and baby Susan White. Mis f{,,|
ph Bean Kstclia Oliver. Gnrv Liv-
ingston and Mrs I \ Blav lock
Youth Is Killed
DALLAS f—A teen -ager was fa-
tally injured in a 3-car crash on
the rainswept central expressway
at Dallas early this mornin;:. He
was 17-vear-oIfi Robert Marqads Da-
Witt Jr. who was pronounced dead
at_ Dallas' Bailor Hospital.
Finance your Automobile through
BLAKE JOHNSON
INSURANCE AGENCY
and enjoy the benefits of our eco-
nomical and protective "Package
—Adv. i
VWlflAIVUUI. '
1 Hire, until new sightings are at
hand in a few clays.
Mi miters of the Senate foreign
relations and 111 ucd services com-
mittees say they plan to ask de-
fense department officials about
reports that Russia will have 300
I11-I1I'. effective intercontinental
ballistic missiles within 18 months.
There has been no comment from
military cfficials
Assistant Senate Democratic
Leader Mike Mansfield said closed
sessions of the two committees to
'receive the Pentagon
appraisal
will be among the first orders ol
business after Congress meets
January 7
Man Gets Lost
In Texas Jail
IIOl SI ()N .r \ ffouslon man
O Ncal Mann said he isn't bitter
ev en though sooicImhIv gonicd and
held him in counts jail lor 18 clays
afler* the st;;le had dropped burg-
lary and theft charges against
him
The 23-v ear-old Houston man'
-■■'id- I'm s„ plad lo he out ol
the re that I can't feel biltei
Jail c lerks said his dismissal pa
pels apparently went astrav As
sistant District Mtorm-y Lowell
S'one said tin- charges were dis-
missed It>1- lack of evidence.
Mann claiming he was immcetil.
said the jail stint interrupted hi-
-ingmg career, set aside a ilate
with the army and caused him to
abandon plans for a wedding last
June.
Mann w as jailed la-t \oril 20th on
charges of burglarv of a railroad
f ar and theft of -I cases of whis-
key from it Mis attornev secured
his release vesterdav after Mann
got word to him.
Houston police immediatclv loil-
ged him 111 city iail Thev claim he
owes S45 in traffic f'nes.
apartment building in the heart ol
Carri/.o Springs in Southwest Texas
tins morning and for a time threat-
ened an entire biock ol residences.
The stucco structure, owned by-
Mrs. Agnes Mason on Eagle Pass,
burned to tin- ground.
Two nearl y houses were ordered
av aeuatcd and firemen removed
1 heir furnishings, but the residences
were damaged only -liglitlv
The only one 111 the aprtmeut
building at the time a- an elder!.
woman. Mrs Shu Hart, who lived
on the second floor. She rushed
b,.ok into the building to get what
she called some important pa
pa-i-." and firemen lushed 111 and
look her io «alel> in-t ha-lorc t'it-
'll t i i < • (unci floor burst into
llaine- 1 lie other 01 a-up,iilts of the
apartmeaits are Carrizo Springs
rhool 1 achers. v ho are away lor
ihe holi< ay vacation
Brisk .iorthc.lv winds fanned III.":
Ilame- and the temperature was
a near liee/ing 31 degrees.
At 'I Mexican border town oi l
Presidio, tire destroyed a produce
packin., - lied this men ning for a
loss placed at $45,000.
The ownei s, Hal and Buford
Jones oi El Paso, barely escaped
with a few belongings from sleep-
ing quarters adjacent to the she-el
Hull vjnels fanned Ihe flames. Pre.
sidio lias no fire department. The
closest is at Maria, GO miles to the
north
NEW YORK .T* TV critic Marie
Torre has chose 11 lo serve It) days
in a federal jail rather than dis-
close the source of one for her col-
umns concerning singer-actress
J'ld.v Garland. When Miss Torre
declined again todav to reveal the
source ol her material, she was or
de-red to begin serving the term
next Monday
Federal -fuel e Svlvester Ryan
noted that !:i- -enleni e. imposed 13
' h-"Ii a 11 had been allirmeel by
tile 1 S Court of \poeals and that
the I s Snpren , Court had re-
fused to iutervi lie. \ test case ol
a new -man's 1 111 not In divulge
the source ol .1 new s storv has been
made 0' Milts Torre s refusal- A
column -1 tor the New York Herald
I ributie. M.sS lorre had quoted
an unidei.tifie-d CIJS' network
|H ke snian e oiieeiiiing Mi.-s (i.-u
I.o'll In .1 .subsequent suit brought
by Miss Garland a iain-r ihe net-
work, Miss Torre was called as a
witness, it was then she refused
to name the executive despite a
court onler 10 do so.
Post Resident Is
Accident Victim
Miss I.averne Bean of Post was I
In. ,'itali/c-d Saturday a I terncHiu at
about I p m as a result of an auto-
mobile accident at the intersection
hi We\-t \i alker .• ml North Court |
Streets
Ihe 19." I I'll 1 k in which she vva 1
r 01 g ib iv en oy Ralph I) Bean, iul
I'IV> Chev rolet driven by Jackv •• j
p c.-le.v ol Breckenriclge when Bean
l.iileel io see the red licht Bear
.- 'id that the ( hi istinas decoi ation-i
and the v • si suri c aused him to
■its- ihe ligli' P tjc.e Chief Bob
Whitley said The Presh v t,.r vvas
kncii-ke d into a parked car owned
by W F \ arbrouch after the col-
lision with the Bean car. No oihn
occupant- ol their car weie injured
f ity Policeman, Marvin Thoine,
who investigated the ace-irlent said
that an estimated S!.3(W damage to
the two cars involved but no esti-
mate of d.-imaire to the Varhiough
car was available.
Mrs Bean vvas not believed
seriously injured, and she had
been dismissed from Stephens
Memorial Hospital Tucaday morn-
Wyoming Fans Bus
Stranded In N. M.
Al BL'fjCERlJL E i.P Three char-
ter busloads ol Cniversitv of W voin
'ng band members cheer leaders
and twirlers arrlvecl in snow-bound
Mhiit|iierque last night. 3 hours
late-. The)'re on the way lo El
Paso for the Sun Bow I football j
game tomorrow, which matches
VV vomiim willi Harrlin-Simrnoiis.
The group was exhausted but |
otherwise little the.- weirse lor a rig-
"tii ems trip over highways des-
cribed as "next to impassable."
Ih:- wife of the Wyoming banal
conductor. Mrs Charles Selten-
i-ich. said th- 3 bus drivers kept
them 111 good cheer through the
entire trip.
The group of 120 will leave- M-
buqtierque for El Paso toinoirovv
Night Search
Finds Texan
Feared Lost
By ASSOC lATEb PRESS'
Xltlioiigh l"'ht to moderate iitcv-
still vi,is tailing in the Texa •
Panhandle, storm-bound resident ;
aie sieadilv restoring traffic and
communications to al least a se-m-
blance of normalcy.
Snow plows, viorking thriMigh
'lie night, have opened the main
highway routes out of Dumas. t8
mile s 11111 th of Vmarillci.
Hundred- of stranded motorist
many headed lor the Cotton l oi\l
New Year's game al Dallas an I
'he Po-e Bowl holiday classic io
( alifornia. mav be able to ipoi e
•nt during the day.
Three highway deaths in 1e\a-
have been blamed 011 the slproi
so far.
A Panhandle oil company m mi I.
or. learcel a vietiin of the blizzard,
was located at 5 o'elock tin.- morn-
ing at a farm home near Ettor.
some 12 miles north of Duma .
A 3ai-man posse, using short wave
i radio cominiinications and \a-
• if -11 • -1 f'liard eaiiiipmcnt, had spent
'be- night searching lor the man.
38-veai-old Nelson Burton.
Button was trapped by the
blinding snow storm as lie vva-
dnv ing his pickup truck from thf
Kerr-MeGee Oil Company plant
12 miles north of Dumas to his
home at Sunray, 13 miles lo the
northeast. When he failed t«i re-
turn home. National Guardsmen,
heriff and police officers, and
plant workers organized a search
posse.
Burton said lie was force-el lo
abandon his pickup live mile-,
north and two miles west ot Filer,
lie walked a mile through the bliz-
zard to reach the Ehlon Cluck
farm northwest of Etter, where
lie -laved for the night.
Highway 87 north of Dalhart re-
main- virtually impassable. All
other key trallic arteries are haz-
ardous. and practically all farm
1 o.iils are blocked.
Four hundred motorists were
stranded at Tucumcari. New Mexi-
co bv drifting snow. That many
more were isolated at Diena-
\t the small crossroads hamlet
Of Four-Way. 12 miles south of
Dumas, 2") storm victims doublcl
tip 111 a small cafe and motel.
East of Albuquerque. New Mex-
ico State Police estimated I.O1'!
antes we re marooned on an 18-mil"
stretch of U. S. Highway M. I >
to 11 inches of snow -moth'-n- I
Albuquerque. Eastern New Mex-
ico points, including Logan and
Naravisa, had 18 inches of snei-.e.
Pcrryton i- blanketed with nine
lie-lies anil Dumas with li.
'I lie storm traffic deaths are
:W-y ear-old Mrs. Elizabeth R.
Whiteside of Amarillo and her 0-
N eai-f.lci (laughter. killed when
their cur collided with a truck in
blinding siihv. at Vernon; and 35-
\ ear-old L. I). Rundell of nc-ar
Lariat, killed when a freight train
rammed into his car in a sno v
-tcirm II miles northwest of Mule-
shoe.
Alaska Statehood
Looms Saturday
.11 x ! ■ v i ■ t. i- *
Rc|ieirts are cireij-
1110111111--
l.'iting in Ala-ka that Presida'iit Ei-
enhower will proclaim the- terri-
i" y 'he loth state this Salurcia-
\nd hastv arrangements are be-
ing made for solemn obscrv am v
of the event in Juneau, the- enpi-
' • 11 - 'be official antinuncemerii
came from the White House ye -
le i flay, thai statcwood w ill lie pro.
claimed this week. But it did not
1 say ex.-ctly when.
GOP Liberals, Conservatives In
Battle For U. S. Senate Leadership
WASHINGTON -Reublican tinned let oppose Dirksen are Son-
lll'l'll Ik 111 I I .11 Vi.ii 1 ...... 1 _ i. • • . ...
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
I0e N. Court Pnone HI 4«34
PRESENTS
T'lE WEATHER
Freezing rain warning. Some
snow or freezing rain in north-
west portion and light rain
changing to freezing olsewhere
tcnight. Cloudy and cold Wed-
nesday Lowest tonight 20 to 32.
High tomorrow in mid 30s. Low
this morning 24, high yesterday
52. Winds northerly 15 to 20
miles per hour.
ing.
Dallas Youth Is
Killed In Crash
DALLAS,—At Dallas a Highland
Park youth was injured fatally and
his bride of 3 weeks hurt in a 3-
car crash o nthe rain -w ept central
expressway early in the day.
He was 17-vear-old Robert Mar-
cus Hewitt Jr.. who died at 2 a. m.
2 hours alter the accident.
His bride, Mrs. Kathleen Kucera
Dewitt. received a fractured left
arm.
The accident occurred when
young De-Witt's car started spin-
ning after he left the expressway
and crashed into parked cars on
the service road.
| Liberals 111 the Senate are seeking
j agreement e n a slat,, of candi-
j elates tei challenge the conservatie-e
j GOP Senate bloc tor leadership
; JXJsts in the iippe-i chamber.
So far the Republican insurgents
show few signs of agreement on
tactics of candidates The conserv-
'livcs are expected to offer Sen-
itor Everett Dirksen of Illinois as
heir chi ice for the minority lead-
•rship post vacated by Senator Wil-
liam Know land of California.
The i.iberals scheduled a closed
nieetinu this morning in the office,
of Vei mont's Senator George Aiken 1
in an attempt to agree 011 candi-
dates for the posts of minority
leader, party whip, chairman of
the Republican policy committee
and chairman of the GOP confer-
ence.
Among those prominently men-
For peace of Mind^^S*^
TP * MM W.L-SWANSON
WPRAWOIACTWCT A*.
''tors John Sherman Camper e-f
Kentucky: Thomas Kuchck of Cali-
fornia: and Aiken.
Kucha! -aid he thinks Ihe lib-
orals should concentrate 011 getting
one of their members Into the lead-
ership lineup without challenging
veteran conservatices now holding
top posts Cooper said ha- hasn't
canvassed for support but is will-
ing lo run if he has the hacking
of the liberal group. Aiken is eon-
sidered the most likely candidal'*
if an all out challenge to Dirksen
is dccielcd 011
Dirksen claims to have enough
votes to insure his promotion Irom
party whip to Ihe leadership, a
claim that is denied by only a
part of the insurgent group.
Choice tor the lop spots will b«
made when all Republican Sena-
tors caucus at the beginning of
the new Congress next month
When you finance your car at the
Fjrtt National. its financed
with lew bank interest rates, Adv.
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